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2001-02 Bristol Central Invitational |
Results |
Bristol Central Invitational At Bristol Team results: 1. Cranston East (R.I.) 212, 2. Bristol Central 206½, 3. Plainville 204½, 4. Waterford 162, 5. Bristol Eastern 142½, 6. Jonathan Law-Milford 132, 7. Ledyard 126½, 8. Woodstock Academy 91, 9. Newtown 85, 10. Middletown 78, 11. East Catholic 76, 12. Fair Haven (Vt.) 62, 13. Terryville 50, 14. Thomaston 28½, 15. Platt Tech 19, 16. Poultney (Vt.) 9, 17. Lewis Mills and Wamogo 0. Individual results 95 pounds (unofficial) 1. Bill Heuschneider (Ledyard) pin Kyle Langlais (Bristol Central), 1:45; 3. Corey Zadrozny (Bristol Eastern) pin Chris Jordan (Newtown), 2:40; 5. John Sullivan (Waterford) def. Justin Dess (Bristol Eastern) 103 1. Seth Nolda (Waterford) dec. Nick Miragliulo (Woodstock), 3-2; 3. Paul Bergeron (Bristol Eastern) dec. Andy Au (Middletown), 4:50; 5. Dan McIlrath (Newtown) pin Jeff Jones (Poultney, Vt.), 1:38 112 1. Jesse Cavallaro (Plainville) tech. fall A.J. Boi (Bristol Central), 29-11; 3. Ryan Lavoie (Bristol Eastern) tech fall Nick Newell (Law), 16-0; 5. Max Yanku (Cranston East) dec. Jason Holdorf (Ledyard), 5-3 119 1. Alex Rey (Cranston East) dec. Nick Therriault (Bristol Central), 2-0; 3. Daryl Deboer (Plainville) pin Jeff Larrow (Woodstock), 3:43; 5. Pete Bencevenga (Law) dec. Ben Chesbro (Fair Haven), 13-12 125 1. Jerry Rico (Cranston East) dec. Vito Barbagallo (Plainville), 6-5; 3. Erik Davis (Ledyard) dec. Pat Fanelli (Bristol Central), 4-2, OT; 5. Rick Olsen (East Catholic) win by forfeit over John Reed (Newtown) 130 1. Anthony Fishetti (Jonathan Law) dec. Tommy Godbout (Bristol Central), 6-0; 3. Justin Mals (Plainville) dec. Tim Bonavita (Waterford), 7-5, OT; 5. Dustin Deschaine (Bristol Eastern) dec. Luke Gaborbi (Ledyard), 6-4 135 1. Jerry Mals (Plainville) pin Dan Aparo (Bristol Central), 1:53; 3. Dave Rossi (Cranston East) pin Brandon Souto (Middletown), 2:48; 5. Nathan Leger (Bristol Eastern) win by forfeit over Shelby Aspden (Platt Tech) 140 1. Brandon Scotti (Cranston East) dec. Chris Savluk, 1-0; 3. Mike Smith (Bristol Eastern) dec. Alex Armento (Bristol Central), 5-3; 5. Ryan Shaw (Waterford) dec. Jamie Martin (Middletown), 8-2 145 1. Louis Felix (Cranston East) dec. Steve Shaw (Jonathan Law), 1-0; 3. Adam Prokop (Plainville) pin Shawn Karasevicz (Waterford), 2:35; 5. Kevin Parente (Bristol Central) pin Tom Bishop (Middletown), 0:55 152 1. Paul Vine (Waterford) dec. Joel Fulton (Bristol Central), 4-0; 3. Kyle Trotta (Ledyard) tech fakk John Super (Woodstock), 17-2; 5. Chris Dellabianca (Bristol Eastern) dec. Paasoeur Sek (Cranston East), 4-2 160 1. Adam Collins (Ledyard) dec. Dan Blais (Woodstock), 10-6; 3. Alex Rice (Thomaston) pin Paola Acca (Plainville), 2:57; 5. Jason Catino (Newtown) dec. Collin Watson (Middletown), 12-8 171 1. Kyle Hightower (Waterford) dec. Billy Chiarillo (Bristol Central), 12-7; 3. Brian Johanns (East Catholic) dec. Al Blumenthal (Bristol Eastern), 7-3; 5. Joe Kucia (Terryville) dec. Greg Krasnowieck (Cranston East), 13-10 189 1. Adam Karasevicz (Waterford) pin Jose Salgado (Jonathan Law), 0:18; 3. Grant Hightower (Ledyard) dec. Dave Chapman (Plainville), 6-4; 5. Josh Whistant (Bristol Eastern) dec. Brian Loretz (East Catholic), 8-2 215 1. Matt Cuccio (Cranston East) pin Bruce Guilmette (Bristol Central), 4:32; 3. John Snyder (Plainville) pin Justin Fanguillo (Plainville JV), 0:07; 5. Ron Daigle (East Catholic) pin Justin Coleman (Bristol Eastern), 1:45 275 1. Joe Bushey (Fair Haven) pin Vito Flammia (Terryville), 3:58; 3. Dan D'Arrezo (Cranston East) dec. Brian Wilson (Plainville), 15-7; 5. George Ayala (Law) pin Scott Hurwitz (Bristol Eastern), 0:47 Fast fall award Adam Karasevicz (Waterford), 4 pins in 2:03 Outstanding wrestler Karasevicz (Waterford) |
Cranston East finishes strong to defend BC Invitational title |
By GERRY deSIMAS, JR. Connecticut Wrestling Online BRISTOL, Jan. 5, 2002 --- As the final match of the 20th Bristol Central Invitational concluded, Plainville High wrestling coach Sean Kelly sat with his legs crossed on the hardwood floor. Wearing a smile on his face, he predicted a sleepless night for himself. His Blue Devils came so close to snatching the tournament championship but fell one win short. "I'll be replaying this tournament all night long," he said with a proud grin. Rhode Island's Cranston East won five individual titles and captured a pair of third place finishes to slip past host Bristol Central, 212 to 206½ and defend its tournament championship. Plainville was third with 204½ points the most ever by a third place team in the tournament. But the title wasn't secured until Cranston East won the final two matches of the night a pair of 1-0 decisions in the 140 pound and 145 pound finals. The Bolts went 7-0 in the final two rounds (championship and consolation). Plainville went 5-5 in the final two rounds and almost came away with the title. Bristol Central, which had wrestled so strong throughout the day, went 0-9 in the final two rounds despite some gutsy performances from their wrestlers. Cranston East was also missing three starters who had Saturday detention, Bolts coach Chris Tribelli said. One of the replacement wrestlers earned a medal by finishing sixth at 152 while heavyweight Dan D'Arrezo, normally a 189-pound wrestler, took a surprising third. "Cranston has a real good team and they showed it in the finals," Bristol Central coach Pat Parente said. "I'm proud of my kids. They held their own. They wrestled (well). They just meet some good kids." Plainville was a contender despite the loss of Andy Caron (171), a fourth seed who was injured in a 9-3 quarterfinal defeat and didn't wrestle the rest of the day. "We wanted 10 kids to place (in the top six) and we got nine," Kelly said. "If we could place 10, I figured we would have a shot at winning. The kids wrestled great." Bristol Central had seven wrestlers in the finals and led Plainville by 13 points and Cranston East by 16 points. The tournament runs two finals bouts at once with matches at the extreme ends of the lineup and working in. Cranston East cut the Central lead to 10 when top-seeded Matt Cuccio pinned Central's Bruce Guilmette in 4:32 in the 215 pound final. At the same time, Plainville's Jesse Cavallaro beat Central's A.J. Boi by technical fall, 29-11 in the 112-pound final to move within eight points of Central. At 119 pounds, Cranston's Alex Rey made a first period takedown stand up in a 2-0 win over Central's Nick Therriault, whose last-second attempts to tilt Rey in the third period were thwarted as the Bolts moved within six points, 206½-200 with Plainville right behind at 198½. In the 171 pound final, Waterford's Kyle Hightower outlasted Central's Bill Chiarillo, 12-7. All four of Waterford's finalists went home as champions. The best match of the finals came at 125 when Cranston East's Jerry Rico reversed Plainville's Vito Barbagallo with 10 seconds left in regulation to steal a 6-5 victory. Barbagallo had fought off his back in the third period and earned a reversal to take a 5-4 lead. But late in the match, he made a mistake and turned the wrong way, allowing Rico to reverse him. "Vito lost by being aggressive. You can't complain about that," Kelly said. The win enabled Cranston to move with 1½ points of Central, which dropped a 6-0 decision at 130 pounds. Tom Godbout, who had a thrilling 4-3 OT win in the semifinals, lost to Jonathan Law's Anthony Fishetti. Plainville moved into second place with 204½ points, a half point ahead of Cranston East (204) when Jerry Mals pinned Central's Dan Aparo at 135 pounds. Central (206½) couldn't extend its lead when Waterford's Paul Vine earned a tough 4-0 decision over BC senior Joel Fulton at 152 pounds. Cranston East won the title when Louis Felix (145) and Brandon Scotti (140) earned a pair of 1-0 decisions. Bristol Eastern had a solid fifth place finish with 10 wrestlers earn medals. But none made the finals. Three Lancer grapplers finished third. Terryville's Vito Flammia finished second at 275 pounds. "We saved our best matches for the finals," Kelly said. "We've come a lot way. Once we get healthy, we'll see what we're made of." MAT DUST: Plainville's third place finish was its best in the tournament since a pair of second-place finishes in 1991 and 1992. ... Waterford's Adam Karasevicz (189) pinned Law's Jose Salgado in the finals in 18 seconds, the third-fastest pin in the history of the tournament in the championship round. Terryville's Paul Higgins had a nine second pin in the 1983 finals. Karasevicz won the tournament fast fall award with four pins in a total of 2:03 (32 seconds, 15, 58 and 18). He was also named the tournament's most outstanding wrestler. The last wrestler to sweep both awards was Farmington's Mike Lingenfelter in 1982 in the first year of the tournament. .... Cranston East's Alex Rey and Louis Felix joined a short list of three-time champions with wins in the finals. Only seven wrestlers have earned that. Rey is a junior. ... Felix didn't give up a point or a takedown in the tournament. ... It wasn't the closest finish in tournament history. Central beat Eastern by three points in 1983 and 3½ points in 1984. Eastern won the title by 5½ points in 1991. |
Past champions 2002 -- Cranston East, RI 2001 -- Cranston East, RI 2000 -- Bristol Central 1999 -- Bristol Central 1998 -- Bristol Central 1997 -- NFA 1996 -- Bristol Eastern 1995 -- Middletown, RI 1994 -- canceled, snow 1993 -- Bristol Eastern 1992 -- Bristol Central 1991 -- Bristol Eastern 1990 -- Avon 1989 -- Avon 1988 -- Avon 1987 -- Avon 1986 -- Bristol Eastern 1985 -- Bristol Central 1984 -- Bristol Central 1983 -- Bristol Central 1982 -- Bristol Central |
